[letter from Johnson to Lord Chesterfield]

Reading experience

[letter from Johnson to Lord Chesterfield]

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Identifer:

ukred-20803

Evidence

"[Robert Dodsley] then told Dr Adams, that Lord Chesterfield had shewn him the letter [in which Johnson refused his patronage]. ""I should have imagined (replied Dr Adams) that Lord Chesterfield would have concealed it"". ""Poh! (said Dodsley) do you think a letter from Johnson could hurt Lord Chesterfield? Not at all, Sir. It lay upon his table where any body might see it. He read it to me; said, "this man has great powers", pointed out the severest passages, and observed how well they were expressed""."

[letter from Johnson to Lord Chesterfield]

Reading experience

Identifer:

ukred-20803

Evidence

"[Robert Dodsley] then told Dr Adams, that Lord Chesterfield had shewn him the letter [in which Johnson refused his patronage]. ""I should have imagined (replied Dr Adams) that Lord Chesterfield would have concealed it"". ""Poh! (said Dodsley) do you think a letter from Johnson could hurt Lord Chesterfield? Not at all, Sir. It lay upon his table where any body might see it. He read it to me; said, "this man has great powers", pointed out the severest passages, and observed how well they were expressed""."